Patents by Inventor Vincent Divino
Vincent Divino has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20170367704Abstract: Delivery and detachment of an implant can be enhanced by a retraction mechanism to secure portions of a delivery wire within an interior space of the implant. A delivery system can include an implant having a proximal end portion. A delivery wire can include (i) a detachment zone proximal to the proximal end portion and (ii) a distal region distal to the proximal end portion. An expansion member can be located between the proximal end portion and the distal region of the delivery wire. The expansion member can be biased to move the distal region of the delivery wire distally away from the proximal end portion when severed at the detachment zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: December 28, 2017Inventors: Richard Rhee, Madhur Kadam, Vincent Divino
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Patent number: 9808256Abstract: Detachment of a medical device from a delivery assembly can focus activity of electrolytic detachment to enhance detachment procedures. Electrolytic activity can be focused by insulating nearby areas of a core wire and pre-treating a detachment zone to reduce crystallinity of the detachment zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Jianlu Ma, Vincent Divino
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Publication number: 20170281194Abstract: An occlusive device for occluding a target area can include an elongate member having opposing first and second side edges extending longitudinally along the member and a member width. The member can have a collapsed configuration in which the first and second side edges are curled toward each other about a longitudinal axis of the member. Further the member can have an expanded configuration in which the member form a series of loops and the first and second side edges uncurl to be spaced apart from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2017Publication date: October 5, 2017Inventors: Vincent Divino, Richard Rhee, Earl Bardsley, Julie Kulak, Madhur Kadam, Ramon Carrillo, Kokou A. Amefia, Khoa Vu
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Patent number: 9713475Abstract: An occlusive device for occluding a target area can include an elongate member having opposing first and second side edges extending longitudinally along the member and a member width. The member can have a collapsed configuration in which the first and second side edges are curled toward each other about a longitudinal axis of the member. Further the member can have an expanded configuration in which the member form a series of loops and the first and second side edges uncurl to be spaced apart from each other.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2014Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: Covidien LPInventors: Vincent Divino, Richard Rhee, Earl Bardsley, Julie Kulak, Madhur Kadam, Ramon Carrillo, Kokou A. Amefia, Khoa Vu
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Publication number: 20160331377Abstract: Detachment of a medical device from a delivery assembly can be electrolytic and provide flushing with an infusion of fluid to enhance detachment procedures. A device providing such capabilities can include a catheter having a lumen; a core member extending through the lumen; an implant attached to the core member by an electrolytic detachment junction, the detachment junction being radially adjacent to an electrode within the lumen; and a pump in fluid communication with a distal end region of the catheter through the lumen, the pump being configured to provide a flow of a fluid between the return electrode and the detachment junction. The implant can be positioned at a target location. The electrode can be positioned radially adjacent to the detachment junction. A voltage potential is applied while a fluid is flushed between the detachment junction and the electrode through the lumen of the catheter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 11, 2015Publication date: November 17, 2016Inventors: Vincent Divino, Madhur Kadam
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Publication number: 20160038152Abstract: Detachment of a medical device from a delivery assembly can focus activity of electrolytic detachment to enhance detachment procedures. Electrolytic activity can be focused by insulating nearby areas of a core wire and pre-treating a detachment zone to reduce crystallinity of the detachment zone.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2014Publication date: February 11, 2016Inventors: Jianlu Ma, Vincent Divino
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Publication number: 20150297240Abstract: An occlusive device for occluding a target area can include an elongate member having opposing first and second side edges extending longitudinally along the member and a member width. The member can have a collapsed configuration in which the first and second side edges are curled toward each other about a longitudinal axis of the member. Further the member can have an expanded configuration in which the member form a series of loops and the first and second side edges uncurl to be spaced apart from each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Vincent Divino, Richard Rhee, Earl Bardsley, Julie Kulak, Madhur Kadam, Ramon Carrillo, Kokou A. Amefia, Khoa Vu
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Publication number: 20140135811Abstract: A system for treatment of an aneurysm includes an intrasaccular device that can be delivered using a catheter. The device can include at least one expandable structure adapted to transition from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration when released into the aneurysm. The expandable structure can have a specific shape or porosity. Multiple expandable structures can also be used, in which case each of the expandable structures can have a unique shape or porosity profile. The morphology of the aneurysm and orientation of any connecting arteries can determine the type, size, shape, number, and porosity profile of the expandable structure used in treating the aneurysm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: Covidien LPInventors: Vincent DIVINO, Earl Frederick BARDSLEY, Richard RHEE, Madhur Arunrao KADAM, Julie KULAK
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Publication number: 20140135810Abstract: A system for treatment of an aneurysm includes an intrasaccular device that can be delivered using a catheter. The device can include at least one expandable structure adapted to transition from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration when released into the aneurysm. The expandable structure can have a specific shape or porosity. Multiple expandable structures can also be used, in which case each of the expandable structures can have a unique shape or porosity profile. The morphology of the aneurysm and orientation of any connecting arteries can determine the type, size, shape, number, and porosity profile of the expandable structure used in treating the aneurysm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Vincent DIVINO, Earl Frederick BARDSLEY, Richard RHEE, Madhur Arunrao KADAM, Julie KULAK
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Publication number: 20140135812Abstract: A system for treatment of an aneurysm includes an intrasaccular device that can be delivered using a catheter. The device can include at least one expandable structure adapted to transition from a compressed configuration to an expanded configuration when released into the aneurysm. The expandable structure can have a specific shape or porosity. Multiple expandable structures can also be used, in which case each of the expandable structures can have a unique shape or porosity profile. The morphology of the aneurysm and orientation of any connecting arteries can determine the type, size, shape, number, and porosity profile of the expandable structure used in treating the aneurysm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: COVIDIEN LPInventors: Vincent DIVINO, Earl Frederick BARDSLEY, Richard RHEE, Madhur Arunrao KADAM, Julie KULAK
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Patent number: 7641658Abstract: Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral column, or both, and a method and devices that allow the surgeon to access the intervertebral space to restore a more normal three-dimensional configuration of the space, with or without additionally fusing two adjacent vertebrae.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: January 5, 2010Inventors: Samuel M. Shaolian, George P. Teitelbaum, Vincent Divino, Jr., Michael R. Henson
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Patent number: 7318826Abstract: A flexible drill and method of drilling a material are disclosed. According to one embodiment, a flexible drill includes a lower sub-assembly connected to an upper sub-assembly, where the lower sub-assembly comprises a retainer tube and the upper sub-assembly comprises a guiding tube; a drilling tip, and capable of orienting the drilling tip at a predetermined position after accessing a material to he drilled through a substantially straight passage having a lone axis. The predetermined position is at least 10° off of the lone axis of the substantially straight passage. According to one embodiment, a method of drilling a material includes the steps of (a) providing a flexible drill; (b) advancing the drill through a substantially straight passage until the drilling tip accesses the material to be drilled, thereby orienting the drilling tip at the predetermined position; and (c) actuating the drill.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2003Date of Patent: January 15, 2008Assignee: SDGI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: George P. Teitelbaum, Samuel M. Shaolian, Thanh Van Nguyen, Frank Nguyen, To V. Pham, Vincent Divino, Jr., Michael R. Henson
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Patent number: 7241297Abstract: Methods and devices for treating diseases and conditions that change the spacial relationship between the vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disks, or that cause instability of the vertebral column, or both, and a method and devices that allow the surgeon to access the intervertebral space to restore a more normal three-dimensional configuration of the space, with or without additionally fusing two adjacent vertebrae.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Assignee: SDGI Holdings, Inc.Inventors: Samuel M. Shaolian, George P. Teitelbaum, Thanh Van Nguyen, Frank Nguyen, To V. Pham, Vincent Divino, Jr., Michael R. Henson
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Patent number: 7172727Abstract: An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply; and an outlet coupled to a capillary assembly. An atomizer nozzle coupled to the first inlet creates within the chamber fine droplets of fluid into which the gas diffuses to create a gas-supersaturated fluid, which is removed via the outlet. The removed gas-supersaturated fluid mixes with blood within a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly to form oxygenated blood for delivery to a patient. Alternately, the blood may be provided by a pump to a high pressure hollow fiber or other type membrane oxygenator within which oxygen diffuses across the membrane(s) and into the blood to form oxygenated blood, again for delivery to a patient or other site.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2004Date of Patent: February 6, 2007Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Vincent Divino, Jr., Jeffrey L. Creech, Mark S. Buhr
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Patent number: 6974435Abstract: A system utilizes an oxygenation device to generate a gas-enriched physiologic fluid and to combine it with a bodily fluid to create a gas-enriched bodily fluid. The oxygenation device may take the form of a disposable cartridge, which is placed within an enclosure. An electronic controller manages various aspects of the system, such as the production of gas-enriched fluids, flow rates, bubble detection, and automatic operation and shut down.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2002Date of Patent: December 13, 2005Assignee: TherOx, IncInventors: Derek J. Daw, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Jeffrey L. Creech, Vincent Divino, Jr., Gregory P. Watson, Paul J. Zalesky
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Patent number: 6936221Abstract: A method for forming a gas-enriched fluid is provided. The method includes a step of providing a mixing chamber having a first inlet, a second inlet, and an outlet. A first fluid is delivered into the mixing chamber via the first inlet and flows vertically. A second fluid having a liquid phase supersaturated with a gas is delivered to the mixing chamber via the second inlet to mix with the first fluid and from the gas-enriched fluid.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 1999Date of Patent: August 30, 2005Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: Vincent Divino, Jr., William R. Patterson, Jeffrey L. Creech, Stephen E. Myrick
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Patent number: 6890482Abstract: An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus advantageously comprises a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly. The liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly includes a pressurizable chamber having inlets for a first gas-supersaturated fluid and a second fluid, such as blood. The inlets are advantageously positioned on the mixing chamber in such a way that the first fluid and the second fluid enter the mixing chamber normally to each other to promote mixing and liquid-to-liquid gas transfer. The mixed fluid exits the chamber via an outlet for delivery to a patient.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2003Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Therox, Inc.Inventors: Vincent Divino, Jr., Jeffrey L. Creech, William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick
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Publication number: 20050042132Abstract: An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply; and an outlet coupled to a capillary assembly. An atomizer nozzle coupled to the first inlet creates within the chamber fine droplets of fluid into which the gas diffuses to create a gas-supersaturated fluid, which is removed via the outlet. The removed gas-supersaturated fluid mixes with blood within a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly to form oxygenated blood for delivery to a patient. Alternately, the blood may be provided by a pump to a high pressure hollow fiber or other type membrane oxygenator within which oxygen diffuses across the membrane(s) and into the blood to form oxygenated blood, again for delivery to a patient or other site.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2004Publication date: February 24, 2005Inventors: William Patterson, Stephen Myrick, Vincent Divino, Jeffrey Creech, Mark Buhr
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Patent number: 6855291Abstract: An apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a gas-supersaturating fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply; and an outlet coupled to a capillary assembly. An atomizer nozzle coupled to the first inlet creates within the chamber fine droplets of fluid into which the gas diffuses to create the gas-supersaturated fluid, which is removed via the outlet. The removed gas-supersaturated fluid mixes with blood within a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly to form oxygenated blood for delivery to a patient. Alternately, the blood may be provided by the pump to a high pressure hollow fiber or other type membrane oxygenator within which oxygen diffuses across the membranes(s) and into the blood to form oxygenated blood, again for delivery to a patient or other site.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2003Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Vincent Divino, Jr., Jeffrey L. Creech, Mark S. Buhr
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Patent number: 6811750Abstract: Apparatus and method for blood oxygenation are provided. The apparatus includes a chamber having a first inlet to receive a fluid, e.g., physiologic saline; a second inlet to receive a gas, e.g., oxygen, from a gas supply; and an outlet coupled to a capillary assembly. An atomizer nozzle coupled to the first inlet creates within the chamber fine droplets of fluid into which the gas diffuses to create a gas-supersaturated fluid, which is removed via the outlet. The removed gas-supersaturated fluid mixes with blood within a liquid-to-liquid oxygenation assembly to form oxygenated blood for delivery to a patient. Alternately, the blood may be provided by a pump to a high pressure hollow fiber or other type membrane oxygenator within which oxygen diffuses across the membrane(s) and into the blood to form oxygenated blood, again for delivery to a patient or other site.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2002Date of Patent: November 2, 2004Assignee: TherOx, Inc.Inventors: William R. Patterson, Stephen E. Myrick, Vincent Divino, Jr., Jeffrey L. Creech, Mark S. Buhr